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2017-10-05 07:03:48

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Perrigo

$86.69

0.44 (0.51%)

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Perrigo price target raised to $98 from $84 at UBS

UBS analyst Marc Goodman raised his price target on Perrigo to $98 from $84 as he believes new product launches along with increasing penetration of store brands should drive growth in its U.S. consumer business. The analyst believes this will drive modestly higher revenues and operating margins. Goodman reiterated his Buy rating on Perrigo shares.

PRGOPerrigo

$86.69

0.44 (0.51%)

09/12/17

CANT

09/12/17NO CHANGETarget $107CANTOverweight

Perrigo price target raised to $107 from $93 at Cantor

Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Louise Chen raised her price target on Perrigo to $107 from $93 after she left her meeting with the company's CEO and CFO thinking that things are better than she'd anticipated. The analyst, who thinks Perrigo can return to durable and consistent growth in 2018 and beyond, keeps an Overweight rating on the stock.

09/13/17

ADAM

09/13/17NO CHANGETarget $100ADAMBuy

Perrigo price target raised to $100 from $88 at Canaccord

Canaccord analyst Dewey Steadman raised his price target on Perrigo to $100 from $88 following meetings with management. The analyst said the company remains well positioned as a hybrid consumer/generic play and believes its management leadership is impressive. Steadman reiterated his Buy rating on Perrigo shares.

09/14/17

DBAB

09/14/17NO CHANGETarget $95DBABBuy

Perrigo price target raised to $95 from $88 at Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank analyst Gregg Gilbert raised his price target for Perrigo to $95 saying that while the company's turnaround has taken longer than expected, "a recovery in sentiment appears to be well underway." Management has set appropriate expectations and is as confident as ever that they can continue to deliver, Gilbert tells investors in a research note. He thinks the shares can continue to "grind higher" if Perrigo meets/beats its forecasts. Gilbert keeps a Buy rating on Perrigo.

Morgan Stanley analyst David Risinger believes online sales are unlikely to drive higher net revenue for Perrigo (PRGO) in the U.S. because such purchases will likely cannibalize existing sales via traditional brick and mortar retailers. Amazon (AMZN) currently sells Perrigo's GoodSense low-cost brand and Risinger sees it as possible that Amazon eventually develops its own brand and sources private label products from Perrigo and others, but this would also likely cannibalize GoodSense, he tells investors. The analyst, who noted "this is not a negative stock call," keeps an Equal Weight rating on Perrigo.

Nuance has ceased development this month of the Swype feature for both iOS and Android, six years after it acquired the company behind the keyboard app for roughly $100M, the Verge reports, citing an emailed statement. Nuance said that it would discontinue support of the keyboard app and shift focus to other products, the report says. "The core technology behind Swype will continue to be utilized and improved upon across other Nuance offerings - and integrated into our broader AI-powered solutions - most notably in Android-based keyboard solutions for our automotive customers," the company said, according to the Verge. Reference Link

Samsung Electronics (SSNLF) and Qualcomm Technologies (QCOM) announced their intention to expand their decade-long foundry relationship into EUV lithography process technology, including the manufacture of future Qualcomm Snapdragon 5G mobile chipsets using Samsung's 7-nanometer LPP EUV process technology. Using 7LPP EUV process technology, Snapdragon 5G mobile chipsets will offer a smaller chip footprint, giving OEMs more usable space inside upcoming products to support larger batteries or slimmer designs. Process improvements, combined with a more advanced chip design, are expected to bring significant improvements in battery life. Last May, Samsung introduced 7LPP EUV, its first semiconductor process technology to use an EUV lithography solution. It is anticipated that EUV lithography deployment will break the barriers of Moore's law scaling, paving the way for single nanometer semiconductor technology generations. Compared to its 10nm FinFET predecessors, Samsung's 7LPP EUV technology not only greatly reduces the process complexity with less process steps and better yield, but also allows up to a 40% increase in area efficiency with 10% higher performance or up to 35% lower power consumption.

Baskin-Robbins, a Dunkin' Brands company, announced its continued expansion in the Toronto, Ontario market with the signing of four new store development agreements with three existing franchise groups. The first Baskin-Robbins shop under these new agreements is scheduled to open in 2019. Currently, there are more than 80 Baskin-Robbins locations throughout the greater Toronto area, and growing the brand there remains a top priority for Baskin-Robbins in 2018 and beyond.

Celanese Corporation will increase list and off-list selling prices for the following acetyl intermediates products: acetic acid, acetic anhydride, butyl acetate, ethyl acetate, and vinyl acetate monomer. The price increases will be effective immediately, or as contracts otherwise allow, and are incremental to any previously announced increases.

Reports Q4 revenue $369.0M, consensus $340.56M. Q4 Adjusted EBITDA was $110.5M for the three months ended December 31, 2017, up 294% sequentially from $28.0M for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and up 691% from $14.0M for the three months ended December 31, 2016.

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